The Boab Prison Tree south of Derby was used as a lockup for Indigenous Australian prisoners

Prison Boab Tree Derby. The Prison Boab Tree ( Adansonia digitata ), Derby, West Kimberley, Western Australia Stock The patrol team noticed that the tree was hollow, and so they cut a small opening and put the prisoners inside Kunumudj, also known as the Boab Prison Tree, is a specimen of Adansonia gregorii located 6 km south of Derby in Western Australia

Interpretative signage at the entrance to the Boab Prison Tree provides more information on the history, natural environment and Aboriginal heritage of the site and its surrounds. The Baobab Prison Tree, Derby is a 1,500-year-old, large hollow Adansonia gregorii (Baobab) tree 6 kilometres south of Derby, Western Australia with a girth of 14.7 metres

Derby Prison Boab Tree, 1959 The Derby Prison Boab tree as… Flickr

The tree is an incredible 14 metres in circumference The Baobab Prison Tree, Derby is a 1,500-year-old, large hollow Adansonia gregorii (Baobab) tree 6 kilometres south of Derby, Western Australia with a girth of 14.7 metres It is a culturally significant site for the local Nyikina and Warrwa people (who also refer to boabs as larrgadiy).

Prison Boab Tree in Derby, Kimberley, Western Australia. The Boab prison tree is also said to have been used as a prison, or as a holding area for Aboriginal prisoners being transported long distances to the gaol at Derby Interpretative signage at the entrance to the Boab Prison Tree provides more information on the history, natural environment and Aboriginal heritage of the site and its surrounds.

The Boab Prison Tree south of Derby was used as a lockup for Indigenous Australian prisoners. [1] It had been reputed to have been used in the 1890s as a lockup for indigenous Australian prisoners on their way to Derby for sentencing, but there is no evidence that it was ever used to house prisoners Boab trees are part of the Adansonia genus, which also includes several other species such as the famous baobab trees found in Madagascar, mainland Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula.